Chap. 6. An Expeftion upon the Beek of J Q B. Verf.13. 483 their accurfed conditioñ. Their ftrength is made the ftrength of flow, and their flefh as brats, they are made immalliable : their fence ofpain (hall be admirably quickned, and yet they (hall con- tinue,as if they had no fence at all:they (hall be for ever wounded and neverrdie of their wounds.As it is in reference to that everla- fling mifery, fo in proportion to thefe temporal miferies ; There is no f rength of man,no flefh and blood; able to endure and hold out,if God lets out his hand,toafl3ia and puts not under his hand to fupport. Verf.r 3.11 not my help in me?And is wifdome driven quitefromme? This and the verle following,are ofa verydifficult confrudion and underflanding, which caufed a learned Interpreter to fay, IfLocus451414 there be any hard text in the whole book, this is one ; and after all his Aids elige in thoughtsabout it,he concludes with this ingenious acknowledg- hoe libro,(y ment, I do notyet underftand the meaningofit. fumy egoodbue Firfl,as we read it, the Text teems to carry a harfli connexion non inrelligo, Druf with tht words fore -going. There Jobqueries, Is myftrength the ftrength of(tones?and yet immediately to fay, is not my help in me? founds incongruous, For ifhe had help in him,he had ftrength in him, and fuch as might well be called, the ftrength of ¡tones, ex- traordinary ftrength So thenjob having Paid with his lait breath, that he hadnotchftrength, how is it that here he fhould fay and more flrongly affirm, that he had fuch ftrength, fo much this que- flion implies, isnot my help inme?As if he had faid,do not I know which way tohelp my felf? how to extricate my fell out ofthis condition ? Betides how is this a truth ? for there is no man that hath his help in himfelf,not help enough in himfelf for any natural work, much lefs for any fpiritual work, and moll ofall lefs for the holy carriage of the heart under affliction, or to deliver himfelf from it. Man hath no help in himfelf. The voice of the Church is, Our helpftandeth in the Name of the Lord; and the voice ofDa- vidwas, the Lord is my helper, how then doth lob fay, Is not my help in me? Mans ruine is in himfelf, but how unlike is this, to the voice of truth, to fay, My help is in myfelf? We can undoour felvesfafl enough, but we cannot repair and makeour felves up again. Nor can any creature be our help, no man, no Angel can ba Qgg2 Our'
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